3D modeling of cell sites to detect configuration and site changes
First Claim
1. A modeling method performed for a cell site to detect changes in or at the cell site, the modeling method comprising:
- obtaining first data regarding the cell site from a first audit performed using one or more data acquisition techniques and obtaining second data regarding the cell site from a second audit performed using the one or more data acquisition, wherein the second audit is performed at a different time than the first audit, wherein the one or more data acquisition comprise using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to fly about the cell site to capture the first data in a first flight and the second data in a second flight which is at the different time from the first flight, and wherein the UAV is constrained in each flight to capture the first data and the second data by utilizing a zone indicator on the ground at the cell site to launch from a same location and same orientation in both the first flight and the second flight, wherein the orientation defines which direction the UAV is facing at launch and landing, and wherein the first data and the second data each comprise one or more location identifiers associated therewith;
processing the first data to define a first model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers and processing the second data to define a second model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers;
comparing the first model with the second model to identify the changes in or at the cell site; and
performing one or more actions based on the identified changes comprising maintenance to correct the identified changes.
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Abstract
A modeling method performed for a cell site to detect changes in or at the cell site includes obtaining first data regarding the cell site from a first audit performed using one or more data acquisition techniques and obtaining second data regarding the cell site from a second audit performed using the one or more data acquisition techniques, wherein the second audit is performed at a different time than the first audit; processing the first data to define a first model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers and processing the second data to define a second model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers; comparing the first model with the second model to identify the changes in or at the cell site; and performing one or more actions based on the identified changes.
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18 Claims
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1. A modeling method performed for a cell site to detect changes in or at the cell site, the modeling method comprising:
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obtaining first data regarding the cell site from a first audit performed using one or more data acquisition techniques and obtaining second data regarding the cell site from a second audit performed using the one or more data acquisition, wherein the second audit is performed at a different time than the first audit, wherein the one or more data acquisition comprise using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to fly about the cell site to capture the first data in a first flight and the second data in a second flight which is at the different time from the first flight, and wherein the UAV is constrained in each flight to capture the first data and the second data by utilizing a zone indicator on the ground at the cell site to launch from a same location and same orientation in both the first flight and the second flight, wherein the orientation defines which direction the UAV is facing at launch and landing, and wherein the first data and the second data each comprise one or more location identifiers associated therewith; processing the first data to define a first model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers and processing the second data to define a second model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers; comparing the first model with the second model to identify the changes in or at the cell site; and performing one or more actions based on the identified changes comprising maintenance to correct the identified changes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A modeling system adapted for detecting changes in or at a cell site, the modeling system comprising:
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a network interface and a processor communicatively coupled to one another; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain first data regarding the cell site from a first audit performed using one or more data acquisition techniques and obtain second data regarding the cell site from a second audit performed using the one or more data acquisition techniques, wherein the second audit is performed at a different time than the first audit, wherein the one or more data acquisition comprise using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to fly about the cell site to capture the first data in a first flight and the second data in a second flight which is at the different time from the first flight, and wherein the UAV is constrained in each flight to capture the first data and the second data utilizing a zone indicator on the ground at the cell site to launch from a same location and same orientation in both the first flight and the second flight, wherein the orientation defines which direction the UAV is facing at launch and landing, and wherein the first data and the second data each comprise one or more location identifiers associated therewith; process the first data to define a first model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers and process the second data to define a second model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers; compare the first model with the second model to identify the changes in or at the cell site; and cause performance of one or more actions based on the identified changes comprising maintenance to correct the identified changes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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obtaining first data regarding the cell site from a first audit performed using one or more data acquisition techniques and obtaining second data regarding the cell site from a second audit performed using the one or more data acquisition techniques, wherein the second audit is performed at a different time than the first audit, wherein the one or more data acquisition comprise using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to fly about the cell site to capture the first data in a first flight and the second data in a second flight which is at the different time from the first flight, and wherein the UAV is constrained in each flight to capture the first data and the second data by utilizing a zone indicator on the ground at the cell site to launch from a same location and same orientation in both the first flight and the second flight, wherein the orientation defines which direction the UAV is facing at launch and landing, and wherein the first data and the second data each comprise one or more location identifiers associated therewith; processing the first data to define a first model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers and processing the second data to define a second model of the cell site using the associated one or more location identifiers; comparing the first model with the second model to identify the changes in or at the cell site; and performing one or more actions based on the identified changes comprising maintenance to correct the identified changes.
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